Unresolved Mysteries Of A Warm Rainy Season

[Have you ever sworn an oath? Do you believe oaths can come true?] Back here again - seventeen years old, the season of endless rain. Outside the old school’s windows, rain pours down so heavily it looks as if the trees and buildings are floating in a vast ocean. A girl stands by the window, twisting the corner of her school uniform between her fingers, her voice low. “Stop liking her. Like me instead.” “Huh?” The boy freezes for a moment. “When I grow up, I’ll be smarter and prettier than Lin Shilan.” He doesn’t respond, as if he hasn’t heard her at all. She sighs. “I’m going home.” As her figure disappears into the roaring wind and rain, the boy suddenly snaps back to himself. “Alright the...